Improved seank-lasteb



.W; STEELE & 'E. HENDERSON] SHANKLASTER, 70,0410.

Patented Oct. 22, 1867.

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W. STEELE 'AND F. HENDERSON, 0F SISTERSVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA. LettersPatent No. 70,040, dated October 22, 1867 IMPROVED SHANK-LASTER.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

le'it known that we, W. STEELE and F. III-:Nmmsomot' Sistersville, Tylercounty, West Virginia, have invented a new and useful Machine forLasting Boots and Shoes; and we do hereby declare that the following isa full and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of our invention consists in combining a peculiur-shapedpincer-jaws with an eccentric lever in such a manner that one of theouter ends oi thejnws rest on the curved part of the lever, the end ofthe'other jaw being fastened tothestraight part; of thelever by aspring, thereby forming a compound leverage. When we wish to draw in thelonther in the shank of a heel: or shoe, we catch the leather on oneside of the last with the pincer-jaws, and place the curved part of thelever against the opposite side of the last, as shown by the drawings;then, by pressing down the outer end of the lever, wedraw the leather into the proper shape and fasten it securely to the last. 'lhe pincer-jawsand lover are then changed to the opposite side of the last, and

operated in the same manner.

The object of our invention is the production of a tool or machine bywhich we canmore eficctually draw in the leather in what are called theshanks of boots and shoes, thereby making a much neater ant, betterfitting hoot or shoe.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents a section of the lastpB thepincer-jaws, C the eccentric lever, D the spring which attaches thepincer-jaws to thelerer, and E a post, in the top of which there is anironpin, which passes into the last, thereby holding it more securelywhilst fitting the leather to it.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secureliy Letters Patent of the United States, is

The combination and arriurgcment of the pincer-jaws or theirequivalentwith the eccentric lever, in the manner deseribedand For thepurpose set forth.

W. STEELE,

F. HENDERSON. Witnesses A. BARB, W. H. Grunssrnz.

